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Portrait of Ezgi Özkurt (Photo: private)

Postdoctoral researcher Ezgi Özkurt from the Quadram Institute and the Earlham Institute in Norwich (England) was a guest of Melike Dönertas' FLI…

Research teams from Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena (FLI), University Hospital Jena and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel…

Portrait of Julia von Maltzahn (Photo: Nadine Grimm)

Researchers from FLI and BTU identify the cause of changes in the behavior of muscle stem cells. The insights are the basis for more effective…


Welcome to the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI)

The Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) is the first national research institute in Germany focusing on biomedical research on human aging, a multifactorial process controlled by environmental and genetic factors.

This website will provide you with an insight into our institute, the research we do and the faces behind FLI's science activities. We wish you an exciting and entertaining voyage of discovery into the world of aging research at FLI.